Improvement in lamps



M. HICKS & '1. SMITH.

ums. No. 178,637. Patented June 13, 1876.

MICHAEL HIOKS AND THOMAS SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,637, dated June 13, 1876; application filed February 25, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

B it known that we, MICHAEL HIcKs and THOMAS SMITH, of New York, in the county of New York andiState of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oar-Lamps; and we do .hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of our invention consists in a car-lamp, having the reservoir provided with two or more tubes, in combination with a central frame, provided with shade-holders, said frame being secured to the ceiling, and the reservoir detachably connected to the frame, whereby the reservoir and burners can be readily detached for filling and cleaning, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our invention appertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a side elevation of our invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

' H represents the lamp-reservoir, from which project two or more tubular arms, L L, curved upward, and provided with the burners M M on their upper ends. The reservoir H is detachably connected to a frame, A, secured to the ceiling of the car. This frame we have shown as being composed of two or more vertical rods or arms, attached with their upper ends to the ceiling, and having secured to their lower ends a flanged ring similar to the base or support of an ordinary car-lamp. To the vertical arms of the frame are adjustably attached horizontal arms J, fastened at any height desired by set-screws a, and to the outer end of each arm is secured a holder, K, for

holding the lamp-shade I.

The fastenings used, both in the shadeholders and in the frame A, are substantially the same as described in our reissue Letters Patent No. 7,103, dated May 9, 1876, each fastening consisting of the two hinged arms B, with lugs D on their free ends, springs O for pressing the arms inward, and cam E with key or handle F G for pressing or forcing the arms outward.

By our present invention two or more lampburners, connected to one central reservoir or, in other words, a chandelier-can altogether be easily removed from the central supporting-frame when required, for filling, cleaning, or other purposes, thus obviating the necessity of climbing up on the car-seats, 8m, first to one lamp and then to the other. The whole thing is removed and attached at one time with as much ease as the ordinary single lamp from and to its side support.

Our invention may be used on board steamboats, vessels, and other places as well as on cars.

Having thus fully described our invention,

what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a car-lamp the reservoir H, provided with two or more tubes, L, and burners M, in combination with the central frame A, provided with shade-holders, said frame being secured to the ceiling, and the reservoir detach-ably connected to the frame, whereby the reservoir and burners can be readily detached for filling and cleaning, substantially as set forth.

MICHAEL HICKS. THOMAS SMITH. 

